Posted on 08/24/2015 1:59:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Several members of the Denver City Council have stalled a lease for a Chick-fil-A restaurant at the city's international airport due to the fast-food chain's opposition to same-sex marriage.
The Denver City Council's Business Development Committee has paused the seven-year deal for two weeks, according to The Denver Post, which said none of the 10 members who attended this week's meeting rose to defend Chick-fil-A.
If the committee, which is scheduled to meet again on Sept. 1, chooses to reject the lease, any member can introduce it in the full council.
Robin Kniech, the council's first openly gay member, was quoted as saying she didn't want a local franchise generating "corporate profits used to fund and fuel discrimination."
The Atlanta-based company, which is known for its commitment to employing biblical beliefs in its business practices and has a very loyal following in the South, has restaurants in approximately 1,775 locations.
The company's founder, S. Truett Cathy, died at 93 in September 2014.
The fast-food chain received criticism and calls for boycott after the founder's son and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan T. Cathy, in a 2012 interview on "The Ken Coleman Show," said of the company: "We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
Though Dan Cathy later pledged the company would not champion any political agendas surrounding marriage or family, the Cathys stood firm on its Christian values.
According to the company's website, "Truett Cathy, made the decision to close on Sundays in 1946 when he opened his first restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia. He has often shared that his decision was as much practical as spiritual. He believes that all franchised Chick-fil-A Operators and Restaurant employees should have an opportunity to rest, spend time with family and friends, and worship if they choose to do so. That's why all Chick-fil-A Restaurants are closed on Sundays. It's part of our recipe for success."
After the founder Cathy's death, megachurch Pastor Perry Noble described the-late restaurateur on Twitter as "a great man who built a great business, has a great family and kept your eyes on Jesus, you will be missed!"
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association CEO Franklin Graham posted on Facebook, "I knew Mr. Cathy for many years and had the privilege of riding motorcycles with him. He was a fine Christian gentleman that carried his Christian business principles throughout life. His restaurants were never open on Sunday out of respect for the Lord's day. He was kind and extremely generous and used the profits from his business to help others. He will be greatly missed."
I looked it up earlier. Yeah, the boundaries go that far. It's not 40 miles, but closer to 25 from downtown, and East/Northeast of the city. It's like a panhandle for the city just to incorporate the airport.
there is the major fault in a city council, state board, whatever, in determining the fitness of a business to pen....Building permits, stupid zoning regulations,arbitrary moral judgements drive me nuts......if the business has the wherewithall to open a sight in the airport, if they sell a product that the public wants, if they pay their taxes, NEVER MIND WHAT THE PERSONAL BELIEFS OF THE OWNER ARE....STFU and grant them their permit....
The pedophile nitwit had NOTHING to do with Subway...he lost weight eating only Subway sandwiches and they hired him to tell his story.....he was a customer, nothing else.
The city can have jurisdiction over it. I remember the San Francisco airport is in San Bruno or Burlingame or something but the airport is patrolled by the SFPD and the SF city council runs everything like its part of the city.
It’s not like they don’t serve everyone.
Tell the idiots in Colorado to shut up.
Then go there next spring for the fresh peach milkshakes! They're amazing!
Sue for equal access. The airport is a taxpayer-funded facility, and as a public accommodation, can’t be restricted to just those organizations that are politically correct.
Deliberate harassment by a corrupt administration.
How I wish, I wish that someday one of us would fight back!! This is discrimation on the basis of religion, pure and simple. I’m beginning to despise these people who will never, never stand up for themselves and other Christians.
How dare they have a religious thought!!
Or a position on anything counter to what the communist propagandist president and press want us to believe.
After all, this is Amerika.
Yeah....
I don’t think Chick-Fil-A SHOUD be at the Denver airport.
It’s a wretched hive of scum and villainy!
http://thechive.com/2012/03/08/something-is-rotten-in-the-denver-airport-25-photos/
Eff them. Build in a nearby community and watch them lose sales tax revenue.
Heterophobes hate strikes again. When will these people be called out for their prejudice.
14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
If you had been lost in the Appalachian Mountains for a month, with little water & only bugs & worms to eat & then one day, you miraculously stumbled into a Chik-fil-a, it would be “special”.
Robin Kniech - an in-your-face reason why supporting the LGBTSAHMS movement is an impossibility for sane people.
Her Marxist slip about “corporate profits” reveals that she’s not interested in any real issue except attacking free enterprise.
Hey Robin. They make Chicken sandwiches, not national policy. Damned you are stupid, and I thank you for showing it to the whole country.
That actually hurts my heart to read. I am stunned at where we are currently, it’s inconceivable on so many levels.
My wife pointed out yesterday that two of the most successful fast food restaurants are owned by strong Christians who aren’t ashamed to show it. Chick fil A and In N Out. In N Out has Bible verses on their cups.
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